Tangled in his Obsession novel Chapter 277

Before Keeley could even respond, Mervin's fist suddenly landed on his face.

The next moment Mervin pinned Keeley to the ground, punching him relentlessly.

After a few solid punches, Keeley was seeing stars and even blacked out for a bit. When he finally came to his senses, Mervin was still beating him up.

"I knew you were a snake!" Mervin yelled, "Betraying us for a woman? How dare you investigate me? Go to hell!"

Keeley finally came to his senses and tried to block the punches, but he was already battered and bruised. Mervin's hands were bloody, but he was relentless.

Mervin was bigger, stronger. Keeley was no match for him even on a good day, let alone now, he was all dizzy and disoriented. He weakly protested, "I didn't betray anyone!"

"You didn't?" Mervin grabbed him off the floor, "Then who was snooping on my computer earlier, huh? Wasn’t it you trying to dig up order details from me?"

"I..." Keeley winced in pain, took a while to gather himself and then said, "I was just... curious... I didn't see anything!"

"Of course you didn't!" Mervin landed another punch on his face, gasping for breath he said, "You think you can access to my computer easily? You didn't succeed this time, but what about next time? You might just sell us all out!"

Keeley, his head at an odd angle, persisted, "I didn't... I would never betray anyone..."

Just as Mervin was about to land another punch, there was a knock from downstairs, "Anyone home?"

Mervin paused and walked to the stairwell, only to be taken aback. Standing at the door were two cops!

The cops saw him too and said seriously, "We're from the local police station, we received a report of an assault here…"

As the cops made their way upstairs, Mervin shot Keeley a furious look.

Meanwhile, the cops reached the second floor, saw Keeley on the floor and immediately arrested Mervin.

"Do you need to go to the hospital?" one of the cops quickly checked Keeley's injuries.

Keeley glanced at a red-eyed Mervin, slowly nodded, and then passed out.

…

When Keeley woke up, he was in a hospital.

Not long after he woke up, the police came to take his statement.

Keeley's statement was simple, "It was a misunderstanding. He thought I had an affair with his girlfriend, busted into my house in the middle of the night and started beating me up…"

After Keeley made it clear he wouldn't press charges against Mervin, the police left.

As Keeley was spacing out in bed, the door to his room suddenly opened. He squinted his swollen eyes and saw Seraphina.

Seraphina didn't come in, just leaned against the door, quietly watching him. Then she slowly said, "it hurts to see you like this."

Keeley looked away, but then couldn't help but look back at her, "Did you call the cops?"